This week it was Paul Taylor Dance Company. Paul Taylor is probably the oldest living Modern Dance choreographer as well as one of the best and most accessible. Everyone loves Taylor, like everyone loves Pilobolus but for different reasons. And that is why both are ADF staples! No disappointment, They were perfection with a long evening of 4 works. One was a 2012 creation, the others were much older. I had seen all 3 previously. Aureole 1962, we have both seen probably 10 - 12 times. Never gets old! Big Bertha 1970, I had seen in the 70's! It is a disturbing violent set piece, a bit dark-humorous. Disturbing content, but well done never the less. Gossamer Gallants 2012, about firefly sexual attraction, was brilliant and funny. Piazzolla Caldera 1997, about tango was another we had seen before and still loved this time. There were 2 intermissions and one pause so it was almost 11pm before we got out.
It was finally normal July weather this week. It was 92 degrees F when we went in, but there were dark clouds all around and no sun shining. After we got inside DPAC, it evidently started storming. It had moved east by the time we got out. It was 82 when we left and about halfway home we hit the storm and it lasted all the way home. It was 72 at the house we when arrived! It is too bad the rest of the country needs rain so badly and we have been inundated this summer.
We had dinner at Vin Rouge. It was delicious. I had Croque Madame which came with a decadent pile of frites. Clay had the hangar steak with bleu cheese butter and frites. We were both stuffed and left without dessert. Then we drove to Mad Hatter and I had a slice of black & white cake and Clay got 2 Chocolate Whoppers. He ate one and half my cake and took the other cookie home in a sack.
Little Bob hits the road
Little Bob hits the road
